even though the result is technically horrific.. it's really quite cute.. good job and lots of work here

EDIT (Technically horrific in the sense that some one was technically sliced in half and it should be gross..(and it came out cute) it was a compliment)

what do you mean by technically horrific?

These guys are great! Light is from upper left in source pic, so you might want to rethink the shadows...still, high vote from me!

LOL ohh thats funny..or sad.....very well done

So cute.

CMYK46 i was looking at the leaf in the center and from the shadow it casts i believe the light is coming from upper right.
also the light in the source comes form top left, based on the shadows, but the source part used in my image was flipped, therefore what was top left became top right.

GolemAura thanks for the compliment.

haha very nice and funny

..i love it! xD

That's a great 'chop'

love it

wow this is amazing man really like it, it just looks right to me!

simply wonderful and creative! Love it!

good and funny!!

great idea , great result, gl

thank you all.

a little darker on sliced area and thats it perfect!

excellent use of the source. Agree with on the lighting angles, I missed the leaf, but the brick behind the twin on the left's right hand (if that makes any sense) tells the story. Excellent work here, author. Top marks. (with the "confirmed" lighting angle, I'm not so sure the shadow of the "winners" katana would be present on the blade of the fallen twin - but I am a beginner, so use your best judgement.) Great work.

you're absolutely right, the brick shows clearly that the light comes from top right, maybe i should have made the shadows more to the left. but since that's the only thing that shows the correct angle of the light source i think i have an other idea how to fix that contradiction. thanks for noticing.

A few more cuts and nicks would sell this some more.. The main shadow I saw as out of place was the one of the sword. You have the body shadow off to the left and the swords out to the right? Maybe shorten the swords shadow?? GL.

ditto on most of what everyone has already side. nice entry.

i thought about adding some more cuts and nicks, but then i said having one single clean slice would only show how easy the fight was, how easily evil won against good.

but i do have to make some minor changes to the shadows, when i do, i will shorten a little the sword's shadow too.

EDIT: made some minor changes.

this is cute!

part 2 "...but good never gives up" :

http://www.pxleyes.com/picture/8301/but-good-never-gives-up-.html

Congrats for your first place, inanis!

Congrats, really well done

Congratulations for 1st

Congrats!

Congrats!

thank you everyone for your high votes.

Very nicely done.

very nice

Interesting image...good color, but the frame is a distraction...

Really nice idea and lighting. Agree about the frame. It's not needed.

wow great job

that's cool - very creative. I wish I had the vision to create somthing like this. Great piece, author.

I LOVE THIS!

I'm in love with the butterflies! It's such a lovely creation! Good luck

Congrats Jaskier!

Congratulations for 2nd

Congrats!

Thanks for Your comments and votes.

horses don't eat kittens.. LOL.. good humor author

The girl is floating...otherwise this is great.
PS: IMHO the only thing that would make this better is if we could see what the girl is holding, like maybe a carrot?

A horse is a horse of course of course....say Wilbuurrrr, Good work on this one

in high res i can see the lines where you copy pasted wall below the sign you can fix that ofcourse with the patchtool or by leaveing the top layer a lil long and with a large soft brush on like 25% or so erising the edge so the flow better into eachother.. as picky as i am.. at the doorstep the cuout is really a tat too sharp in high res use a soft blur on that edge and you will also that tiny dark cutout line there most likely... the girls feet are not on the floor and while looking there i also saw a copy paste line there that you easely can cover with patch tool

I rly like this piece.. very realistic done too

Thanks for the improvement tips. CMYK - am considering your carrot suggestion. And to Eladine - wow. Your eyes are far better than mine - after putting in the intitial time in the construction of this piece - I said, "I'm done. Time to submit" I never looked back until the comments started to roll in. Fixed what was pointed out (girl, masking, sharp edges) keep 'em coming - this just keeps better and better from your suggestions.

xD very nice!!

Very well. One thing though, if you zoom in at the girls feet the wall behind has a very sharp edge and doesn't quite meet with the floor. You can blend that out with the eraser and clone tool. It might help if you add some shadows under the wheelbarrows aswell. Otherwise great image!

XD sorry but dont worry im even mroe pickier on my own work o.o; and i rly like what you did.. good job on the corrections by the way altho the copy paste lines above and below the door openeings are still there :P high marks from me anyway.. good job

Nice blend and good composition. I like the simplicity.

Holy hi resolution . No worries El, appreciate your attention to detail . Here is a sincere request; however - please provide me with your home email. Those c&p lines were dreadful! I gave a cursory look before submission, then I really took a look last night after your review ( ), then today I come back to check and I didn't even get most of them! so perhaps you'd be interested in "proofing" my entries prior to submitting them?? (for a small fee, of course!)

At any rate - I think this final correction should make you happy. I challenge you to find a single straight line anywhere on the piece lol !

And to you Thomas - if you'll review the source pic, you'll see that the "foundation" of the stable is indeed lifting there too on the left side. I tried to follow your suggestion in creating a blend at that point - and with your skills I might have been able to accomplish it - but alas, with my own I was leaving Captain Cloning Marks all over the image which Eladine would have discovered later this afternoon
so in the interest of saving myself some more time (or just being lazy) I opted to leave it as it was. Great eye; however - good perception and even better attention to detail.

(sheesh - you guys are even better than I remembered! )

(little disappointed in you CMYK though - not until today did I realize I spelled PIXLEYES with an "i" in the sign - slipping in the old age, bro - or just going for the obvious oversights?

EDIT: There you go, Bob. A carrot per your request (hope it improves your for typos and straight lines!!)

Ummm...I didn't mention anything about typos & straight lines, although I did say this is a great image. I'm glad the suggestions I DID make helped it be even better. Good luck, cranky author!

good use of source. Great to see you take on board suggestions to improve your entry. well done author.

great work..

great blending! good idea

Well done for trying Author. This entry definately deserves a high mark all the same.

I think you have improved it though haven't you? It looks better than it did.

Nice job.

aaaahhhhhh

Nice job.

Nice job.

Indeed Thomas, the image has improved greatly. The uh, carrot was an excellent suggestion. as were the shadow enhancement below the wheel barrows.

Anything else jump out at you??

I like this one!

Congrats for your third place, MrBig

Congratulations for 3rd

Congrats on the 3rd place Amigo...well done

Congrats!

Congrats!

awesome job on that window!! High Resolution shows how good you did on it.

Thank you! is that your doggy? So cute!

Very nice work.. high res is great.

realistic work welldone

Lovely work! Good luck.

Very creative - would there be more light through the window as well??

Great first entry!

Thank you all!

good job

Looks very realistic!Geat job! PS.Welcome here, have fun!

Thanks Giggles and q111, I hope I have some fun here.

welcome to PXLEYES. great first entry. love the window . good use of source author.

Really excellent!

great job making something this nice! looks very real

Nice result, I certainly believe that window. The added images match pretty well with the source. Good first entry, good luck!

Truly great! Isn't this how things turn out half the time?

Haha!! GREAT image! You used the source expertly1

super high marks.. but the grass needs some tender care... more layers and alternate shades to give it depth (doesn't really matter... Lilly consumes the whole image wonderfully... but if you fix the grass more, you will get much higher votes

(I gave you a whopper vote because the concept alone deserves it

cute

So sweet! When I opened it my heart jumped. I just want to kiss his forehead.

Nicely constructed house, but the lawn needs some care...

soooo cute

cute image, but the grass could use some work.

love it!!! so cute, ..grass needs a bit of work, good luck!!!

cute as a puppy! great idea author; just the grass needs more touch

By popular demand, made improvements to grass. I refuse to mow the lawn though..LOL...Thanks for your comments and votes!!!

Nice job, but perhaps try and make the dog a bit less blue.

great use of source, nice choice of dog. makes the image complete. a heart melter.

i like this one a lot!!